Example sentences of "he [verb] himself [adv] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Convinced that there were practical solutions to the social evils of his day , he devoted himself particularly to the temperance movement . |
| 2 | He is such a lucid writer — and although he defends himself ably against the charge of superficiality ( which has been levelled since I was a student ) the breadth of his scholarship is so immense that the defence seems unnecessary . |
| 3 | These points taken together suggest that the burnt-offering symbolized the worshipper 's homage and total dedication to God , in laying his hand on the animal he identified himself completely with the sacrifice . |
| 4 | He threw himself vigorously into the work in hand , and presented the aspect of one who did not know when to stop . |
| 5 | Oh Jane , my hope … my love … my life ! ’ and he threw himself despairingly on the sofa . |
| 6 | ‘ It was his first job and he locked himself away for the day with a feather and a bottle of wine , ’ remembers Sally . |
| 7 | Lord Deverill called as he swung himself effortlessly into the saddle . |
| 8 | He swung himself nimbly over the fence and was disconcerted to come face to face with Henry Yaxlee , walking purposefully from the direction of the school . |
| 9 | He pulled himself athletically from the cockpit . |
| 10 | He throws himself entirely on the divine generosity of which he has already had such rich experience . |
| 11 | He saw himself more in the Arts and Crafts tradition of the designer who can turn his hand to anything . |
| 12 | He kept himself diagonally across the room as far away as he could . |
| 13 | He 'd stayed there ( ‘ in Didcart ’ ) much longer than he 'd intended ; and when finally he tore himself away from the Cornish Riviera and the Torbay Express he 'd walked back to Didcot Parkway Station at about five o'clock , and caught the next train back to Oxford , where he 'd , er , where he 'd had a quick drink in the Station Buffet . |
| 14 | When the immediate formalities were over , he left Algeria for the last time , and flew back to Paris , where he shut himself away in the house at St-Cloud , seeing no one . |
| 15 | With a shout of pain he tore his hand free , the flesh ripping as he dragged himself away from the knife , leaving it embedded in the wood . |
| 16 | Jimmy had been shaken by those sounds , more shaken than the others , for good reason , but Cardiff could see that he was unprepared to show it as he pushed himself away from the reception counter . |
| 17 | With a sob of relief , he pushed himself away from the step and back to his feet again . |